Title :
Energy harvesting with Di-Electro Active Polymers
Author :
Due, Jens ; Munk-Nielsen, Stig ; Nielsen, Rasmus O.
Author_Institution :
Department of Energy Technology, Electrical Energy Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
Abstract :
This article presents a way of using Di-Electro Active Polymers (D-EAPs) for harvesting mechanical energy sources. The article describes the basics of energy harvesting with D-EAPs, and an electrical model of a D-EAP is suggested. This leads to a converter design which is able to extract the electrical energy harvested by the D-EAP. This converter is simulated and realized. Through experimental results both the model of the D-EAP and the converter are verified. It is found that it is possible to harvest energy with a D-EAP and build a converter that can extract the harvested energy.
Keywords :
Converter design; D-EAP; Di-Electro Active Polymer;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2010), 5th IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brighton, UK
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2010.0195